TheSweetestThingWhenIwasten,Iwascrazyaboutcandy.Wheneve...
問題詳情:
The Sweetest Thing
When I was ten, I was crazy about candy. Whenever in our small-town___16___with my mom, I would run my fingers through my favorite candy on the shelf.
Once there, thinking about all things sweet I noticed a man a few feet away pushing buttons on the ATM machine. Dressed in a suit, he seemed to be late for something, ___17___waiting for his cash to appear. The machine made a noise, and he immediately___18___a pile of bills and headed out. Curiously, I walked over to the ATM, where I started pressing the buttons as if knowing the___19___ I looked into the bottom of the machine. There I saw it: a beautiful, crisp$ 20 bill!___20___I wanted to believe my magic made the cash appear, I knew the man in the suit must have left it behind.
I held the money in my hand, staring at the number "20" and feeling___21___than I ever had. I thought about slipping the money into my pocket. No one would know, but it didn't feel___22___.I knew it didn't belong to me. I had to find its owner and give it back! So I told my mom what had happened. "We'll look for him." she said kindly. We rushed out and found him stepping into his car in the parking lot! We ___23___him and asked whether he had left money at the cash machine.
"Let me___24___," he said, pulling out his wallet and bills. "Twenty, forty, ! You're right," he said with surprise, "I'm____25____a $20 bill."
"Here you go," I said, smiling with pride, as if I was a(n)____26____who had solved a mystery. "Thank you so much," he said, bending down and shaking my hand. My heart____27____. Before saying goodbye, he asked my mom for my name and____28____. "I want to send your daughter a thank-you card," he said.
On my way home, my ____29____was racing. Twenty dollars. What could I have done with it? I bet I could have bought a puppy or every single candy bar in town! But now ____30____of that would happen. Yet I knew I had done the right thing.
A few weeks later, I got a box with a note. I ripped it open to find packages of candy.
"Dear Felice, Thank you very much for____31____my $20. You are a great girl, and, appreciate your____32____.I hope you enjoy this candy. Best Wishes, Tom." Tom included his business card. It turned out he was vice-president for the candy company. The candy tasted sweet, each____33____reminding me that what I had done mattered. Although my honesty wouldn't always be____34____with candy, it would make a difference to someone. And that was the____35____part of all.
16. A. school B. church C. store D. bank
17. A. angrily B. excitedly C. hopefully D. anxiously
18. A. covered B. seized C. handed D. posted
19. A. machine B. assistant C. man D. password
20. A. Though B. Since C. Once D. Until
21. A. smarter B. stronger C. prettier D. richer
22. A. right B. good C. fair D. easy
23. A. caught B. approached C. guided D. searched
24. A. try B. think C. check D. guess
25. A. sparing B. seeking C. missing D. changing
26. A. engineer B. detective C. manager D. designer
27. A. hurt B. sank C. swelled D. jumped
28. A. address B. age C. habit D. birthday
29. A. car B. memory C. time D. mind
30. A. both B. none C. some D. either
31. A. returning B. remembering C. keeping D. lending
32. A. loyalty B. devotion C. honesty D. bravery
33. A. dollar B. bite C. product D. choice
34. A. marked B. replaced C. shared D. rewarded
35. A. sweetest B. hardest C. freshest D. heaviest
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